Lassiter v. Alabama (1993)
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67 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 844, 67 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 43,802 Kara Cross Debra York, Martha O'Quinn Melissa … (1995)
"Official capacity actions seeking damages are deemed to be against the entity of which the officer is an agent." Lassiter, 3 F.3d at 1485.
“Official capacity actions seeking damages are deemed to be against the entity of which the officer is an agent.” Lassiter, 3 F.3d at 1485.
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Edward R. Lane v. Central Alabama Community College (2014)
See Cross v. Ala. State Dep’t of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 49 F.3d 1490 , 1503 (1995); Lassiter v. Ala. A&M Univ., Bd. of Trs., 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir.1993), vacated on other grounds, 28 F.3d 1146 (11th Cir.1994).
See Dotson v. Griesa, 398 F.3d 156, 178 (2d Cir.2005); Dwyer v. Regan, 111 F.2d 825, 836 (2d Cir.1985), modified, reh’g denied, 793 F.2d 457 (2d Cir.1986); see also Whalen v. Mass. Trial Ct., 397 F.3d 19, 30 (1st Cir.2005); Koslow v. Commonwealth of Pa., 302 F.3d 161, 179 (3d Cir.2002); Coakley v. Welch, 877 F.2d 304 , 307 n. 2 (4th Cir.1989); Warnock v. Pecos County, 88 F.3d 341, 343 (5th Cir.1996); Carten v. Kent State Univ., 282 F.3d 391, 396 (6th Cir.2002); Elliott v. Hi…
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Doe v. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1997)
Lassiter, 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir.1993), vacated on other grounds by Lassiter, 28 F.3d 1146 , 1152 n. 9 (11th Cir.1994).
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Boglin v. Bd. of Trs. of Ala. Agric. & Mech. Univ. (2018)
Ala. Cmty. Coll. , 772 F.3d 1349 , 1351 (11th Cir. 2014) (holding that "[w]e have determined previously that requests for reinstatement constitute prospective injunctive relief that fall[s] within the scope of the Ex parte Young exception"); Lassiter , 3 F.3d at 1485 (classifying reinstatement as prospective relief "not barred by the Eleventh Amendment").
classifying reinstatement as prospective relief "not barred by the Eleventh Amendment"
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Sandoval v. Hagan (1998)
It is clear that “[the] Eleventh Amendment does not insulate official capacity defendants from actions seeking prospective injunctive relief.” Lassiter v. Alabama A & M Univ., 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir.1993); see also Wu v. Thomas, 863 F.2d 1543, 1549-50 (11th Cir.1989), reh’g and reh’g en banc denied March 8, 1989 (“The eleventh amendment does not ... bar suits for equitable relief against state officers in their official capacity....”); see further Cross v. State of Alab…
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Anderson v. State of Florida (2022)
Eleventh Amendment Immunity “The Eleventh Amendment prohibits a federal court from exercising jurisdiction over a lawsuit against a state, except where the state has consented to be sued or waived its immunity, or where Congress has overridden the state’s immunity.” Cross v. State of Ala., State Dep’t of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 49 F.3d 1490 , 1502 (11th Cir. 1995) (quoting Lassiter v. Ala. A & M Univ., 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir. 1993)).
See McMillian v. Monroe County, 520 U.S. 781 , 785 n.2 (1997) (observing that “a suit against a governmental officer ‘in his official capacity’ is the same as a suit ‘against [the] entity of which [the] officer is an agent’”) (alterations in original) (citations omitted); see also Lassiter v. Alabama A&M University, 3 F.3d 1482 , 1485 (11th Cir. 1993) (“Official capacity actions seeking damages are deemed to be against the entity of which the officer is an agent.”).
“Official capacity actions seeking damages are deemed to be against the entity of which the officer is an agent.”
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Wilson v. Moultrie (2020)
See McMillian v. Monroe County, 520 U.S. 781 , 785 n. 2 (1997) (observing that “a suit against a governmental officer ‘in his official capacity’ is the same as a suit ‘against [the] entity of which [the] officer is an agent’”) (alterations in original) (quoting Kentucky v. Graham, 473 U.S. 159, 165 (1985) (quoting in turn Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 , 690 n. 55 (1978)); see also Lassiter v. Alabama A&M University, 3 F.3d 1482 , 1485 (1…
“Official capacity actions seeking damages are deemed to be against the entity of which the officer is the agent.”
See Cross v. Ala. State Dep’t of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 49 F.3d 1490 , 1501-03 (1995); Lassiter v. Ala. A&M Univ., Bd. of Trs., 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir. 1993).
However, Plaintiffs claim for reinstatement is not similarly barred as Eleventh Amendment immunity ‘“does not insulate official capacity defendants from actions seeking prospective injunctive relief.’” Cross v. State of Ala., State Dep’t Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 49 F.3d 1490 , 1503 (11th Cir.1995) (quoting Lassiter v. Ala. A & T Univ., 3 F.3d 1482, 1485 (11th Cir.1993)); see also Collier v. Clayton Cnty.
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Morgan v. State of Ala. (1998)
Despite prohibiting § 1983 claims for monetary damages against individuals in their official capacities, “[the] Eleventh Amendment does not insulate official capacity defendants from actions seeking prospective injunctive relief.” Lassiter, 3 F.3d at 1485; see also Wu, 863 F.2d at 1550 (“The eleventh amendment does not ... bar suits for equitable relief against state officers in their official capacity_”).